I'm sorry, but there is no reason at all anybody should pay 2 to 3 THOUSAND dollars for a PS-3, much less the 10,000 that someone's listing on ebay as a "buy it now" price.
I must first issue the disclaimer that I don't possess what I call the "vidiot gene." I couldn't give a smaller damn about video games.
I cannot understand the rampant consumerism that insists one must have a *toy* on the very first day it is available ... or promising one to a child at insane prices.
It is obvious that many people who are standing in line and brawling (or being shot) over these stupid electronic boxes are doing so for the sole purpose of "flipping" the item at an insane profit on eBay. This prevents someone who actually wants a toy from obtaining it at a reasonable (well, theoretically reasonable) price in the first market, gluts the aftermarket, and bankrupts even more selfish people who would apparently rather go hungry than not have the stupid electronic box..
I didn't get it when people rioted over Cabbage Patch dolls, either. Same thing, in my mind.
i don't get it either. but every year, some marketer comes out with some gift that "someone" proclaims as the hot toy that everyone must have. and everyone believes them.
well, the trick is combining the "turbo-man" hype with the news releases that "well, it's also going to be rare!" (at first, but they don't say that on the adverts or PR).
there were "manufacturing difficulties" resulting in only 400,000 being ready for the debut and not many more able to get to stores in time for Christmas. This is, of course, the same marketting excuse (true or not, i don't care) that Micro$oft used for their original XBox AND Sony used for the PS-2.
one would think we'd get tired of hearing the same old shit every time, but if elections haven't changed, why should video game marketting?
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I cannot understand the rampant consumerism that insists one must have a *toy* on the very first day it is available ... or promising one to a child at insane prices.
It is obvious that many people who are standing in line and brawling (or being shot) over these stupid electronic boxes are doing so for the sole purpose of "flipping" the item at an insane profit on eBay. This prevents someone who actually wants a toy from obtaining it at a reasonable (well, theoretically reasonable) price in the first market, gluts the aftermarket, and bankrupts even more selfish people who would apparently rather go hungry than not have the stupid electronic box..
I didn't get it when people rioted over Cabbage Patch dolls, either. Same thing, in my mind.
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there were "manufacturing difficulties" resulting in only 400,000 being ready for the debut and not many more able to get to stores in time for Christmas. This is, of course, the same marketting excuse (true or not, i don't care) that Micro$oft used for their original XBox AND Sony used for the PS-2.
one would think we'd get tired of hearing the same old shit every time, but if elections haven't changed, why should video game marketting?
*sigh*